Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to
it, if you throw your read more

Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to
it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along too.

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are
developed.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are
developed.

Real wealth is ideas plus energy.

Real wealth is ideas plus energy.

Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.

If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.

If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.

The impossible is often the untried.

The impossible is often the untried.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.